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TIL Philosophy majors outperform English majors on the GRE writing section

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ExgV TIL walking through doorways causes you to forget more information because it creates an ‘event boundary’ in each room.
lAKa TIL that in 1925, a recently independent Ireland spent the one fifth of it’s annual budget on a Hydro-Electric Plant in efforts to modernize the country. At it’s peak it provided 96% of Ireland’s electricity - today it provides 2%.
epveL TIL an endocrinologist irradiated the testicles of Oregon and Washington prisoners. He gave them $5/mo, and $100 when they had to receive a vasectomy upon conclusion of the trial. The surgeon said it was necessary to "keep from contaminating the general population with radiation-induced mutants"
xnL5 TIL Ho Chi Minh worked at a pub in West London in 1914
4QLa TIL In 2012, the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters saved $90,000 simply by not giving out “I Voted” stickers on election day